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Diamond District-adjacent historic district proposed for expansion
The Hermitage Road Warehouse Historic District consists of 47 acres on the east side of Hermitage and north of Overbrook Road. (Google Earth image) Development interest in the vicinity of the Diamond...
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‘There is no excuse’: Vacant Blackwell lots, earmarked for housing years ago,...
Some of the vacant land in Blackwell that RRHA is looking to have developed. (BizSense file photos) It was 2019 when dozens of vacant lots in Richmond’s Blackwell neighborhood were earmarked for...
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City vetting locations for planned slavery museum in Shockoe Bottom
Main Street Station’s train shed is adjacent to sites that would form the Shockoe Bottom Heritage Campus, including the Lumpkin’s Jail/Devil’s Half Acre site visible to the right. (BizSense file...
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Development underway on $21M apartment project on Brookland Park Blvd.
Site work is underway for Brookland Park Apartments, which will incorporate the facade of a church building previously on the property. (Jonathan Spiers photos) Nearly a decade after the seeds for the...
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Breaking News: Backing out of downtown development deal cost VCU Health $73M
A rendering of the office tower and complex that was proposed to replace the Public Safety Building. (BizSense file) Note: This story has been updated and revised. VCU Health System’s about-face on a...
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With expanded TIF district, final Diamond District deal goes to City Council
The 67-acre site is bordered by Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Hermitage Road, the interstate and the railroad tracks. (File image courtesy City of Richmond) Final terms for what’s being touted as the biggest...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 5.9.23
Poolhouse produced a video featuring Gov. Glenn Youngkin making his March Madness picks with mascots from Virginia universities. It also created a video for Brewer Science, a microelectronic...
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Update: Wilder calls for Rao’s dismissal, JLARC investigation after $73M VCU...
A previous rendering of the project to replace the Public Safety Building. (BizSense file) 11:30 a.m. update: Former governor Doug Wilder called for a state investigation and the firing of VCU...
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‘It’s not their money’: Wilder calls for Rao’s dismissal, state investigation...
Former governor Doug Wilder is calling for a state investigation into a $73 million payment for VCU Health System to back out of a downtown development project. (BizSense composite) Former governor...
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$73M and counting: VCU Health on the hook for millions more in downtown...
A rendering of the 20-story version of the project that was planned to replace the Public Safety Building. (BizSense file) It turns out that backing out of a downtown development deal cost VCU Health...
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Hotel exec’s $3.6M deal tops area home sales in April
The house at 6311 Three Chopt Road is one of the oldest in the area and on one of the biggest lots. (Photos courtesy of CVRMLS) One of the older houses along the West End’s Three Chopt Road corridor...
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City releases years-in-the-making Shockoe area plan
A map of the plan’s study area, outlined in red. The area includes properties planned for the Shockoe Bottom Heritage Campus, which is prominent in the plan. (City documents) As momentum builds for a...
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New-to-market developer starting projects on both sides of the river
Demolition of the former Knights Inn motel on Brook Road got underway with a “demo day” event last week. The site is giving way to hundreds of apartments and townhomes. (Photo courtesy Middleburg...
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Finger-pointing, default notices preceded VCU Health’s costly project exit
A rendering of the taller version of the project to replace the Public Safety Building. (File image courtesy Capital City Partners) The doomed downtown development that has ended up costing VCU Health...
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Riverfront amphitheater moving forward after deal reached with city
A rendering of the Richmond Amphitheater in the works for the hillside beside Tredegar Iron Works. (Images courtesy 3North) Richmond’s version of Red Rocks is ready to rock on. The group behind the...
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Game on in Henrico: County marks start of Regency pickleball venue, lands...
Taking part in a ceremonial ‘first throw’ for Performance Pickleball RVA were, from left: Rob Hargett, Leah Fremouw, Lee Warfield, Supervisor Pat O’Bannon, Jeff Newman, Jon Laaser and County Manager...
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$25M Glenwood Golf Course redevelopment a go after $3M land deal
Glenwood Golf Course, shown in 2021, dates back to the 1920s. (BizSense file photos) Two years after securing county approvals for the project, a local developer has purchased the former Glenwood Golf...
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Short Pump I-64 interchange improvements plan clears VDOT hurdle
The diverging diamond interchange planned for Interstate 64 at North Gayton Road. (Henrico County images) The latest push for a long-sought interchange and other traffic improvements for Short Pump is...
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Century-old house fronting CCV’s Westhampton course hits market at $4.5M
The century-old house at 6124 Saint Andrews Lane has been put up for sale. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) A century-old house on one of the largest lots fronting the Country Club of Virginia’s Westhampton...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 5.30.23
Caley Cantrell Peter Coughter Longtime Brandcenter professors Caley Cantrell and Peter Coughter are retiring after 17 and 26 years, respectively, at the graduate school. VCU News also reports on a...
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